Cultural Literature

In two volumes, Judson Jeffries brings together essays on 21 accomplished and influential members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., demonstrating the enormous impact of the fraternity. Volume 2 discusses military figures, artists, modern civil rights...

Highlighting 21 members of this illustrious historically Black fraternity Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., was founded in 1911 at Howard University to cultivate and nurture a generation of leaders who would work toward racial uplift and influence...

An astonishing new narrative of Mandu Yenu, a throne from the ancient Kingdom of Bamum. "Most of the time, it is the power of men that we remember." With these words, which open L?onora Miano's text for Objects Talk Back, an astonishing new narrative...

The first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis A New Yorker "Best Book of 2024" Selection "The perfect book, at the right time."--Michael Henry Adams, The Guardian For six decades John Robert Lewis (1940-2020) was a...

The rise and fall of one of America's first Black sports celebrities "Deeply and impressively researched. . . . Ms. Mooney pieces together a narrative with an arc so tight and clean that it's a wonder it actually happened. . . . It reads, in other...

The service and sacrifice of Black Americans in defense of the United States has been the primary engine which has driven political, economic, and social progress for Blacks in this nation from the Revolutionary War to the Persian Gulf War. Throughout...

Illustrating newframeworks for recognizing and studying Black Power and Black radicalism Rewritingnarratives that present Black Power as related but marginal to the Civil RightsMovement, this book uncovers and centers unexpected sites of Black...

An urban sociologist befriends a visionary Detroit craftsman, artist, and inventor. Over the course of the next several years Paul Draus records how Carlos Nielbock's life experiences act as a lens that refracts the key challenges facing the city of...

Forever in the Path: The Black Experience at Michigan State University offers a sweeping overview of the Black experience at America's first agricultural college from the 1890s through the late twentieth century. In exploring the personalities, important...

Could you create opportunity from adversity and transform your life?Perseverance, patience, generosity, resilience: these are the values Aminata Sy learned from her aunt growing up in Dakar. Her childhood was riddled with broken bonds and poverty, each...

Could you create opportunity from adversity and transform your life?Perseverance, patience, generosity, resilience: these are the values Aminata Sy learned from her aunt growing up in Dakar. Her childhood was riddled with broken bonds and poverty, each...

A stunning presentation of the acclaimed British painter Chris Ofili's newest body of work that continues his exploration of Shakespeare's Othello Renowned for his rich, multilayered paintings, Ofili here expands his engagement with William Shakespeare's...

My mother smiled at me and said, "When you look out the window and see a regular bird, you don't necessarily pay much attention to it. The day you see a bluebird, though, you look at it a little longer and admire it. Not because you don't like it, but...

An exploration of racism and anti-racism in the world of professional cycling in the wake of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. Ex-international cyclist Marlon Lee Moncrieffe examines how the cycling industry is tackling racism within the sport today...

Black Republicans left an indelible mark on the history of their party, the civil rights movement, and twentieth-century political development Reflecting on his fifty-year effort to steer the Grand Old Party toward black voters, Memphis power broker...